We all know, from the manual, that the eight available drivers are divided into statistically identical pairs of two (Mario & Luigi, Princess & Yoshi, Bowser & DK Jr, Koopa Troopa & Toad), however there still are some debates within the community about which character is the best within a pair of two (DK > Bowser, of course ! :) ), or which one is the best by mode (Princess in Battle Mode, obviously :P). We will try to find some answers to those questions by analysing the match results played during all SMK championships since 2002.The problem is that we do not have the character information for all matches but only for the ones that have been recorded. The following table will give percentage of matches that have the character specified and so the number of matches used to establish the character statistics :). FYI, for the matches containing rounds played with different characters, we considered the character the most played for the whole match.
Then follow the tables of statistics by character